Recipe: Yummy Courgetti and Meatballs

Courgetti and Meatballs. To cook the meatballs, place a frying pan over a medium heat and add a dash of oil. A lighter alternative to regular meatballs, these turkey meatballs are tender and delicious! A winter warmer that will satisfy even the largest of appetites.

Photograph: Louise Hagger for the Guardian. Make meatballs using hands, or scoop. Fancy a veggie supper that's lower in carbs? You can have Courgetti and Meatballs using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Courgetti and Meatballs

1. Prepare 200 g of meatballs (lamb or beef).
2. It's 4 of garlic cloves, 2 whole and unpeeled, 2 crushed.
3. You need 2 of large courgettes.
4. It's 4 tbsp of créme fraiche.
5. Prepare 1/2 of lemon zest.
6. You need 30 g of pine nuts.
7. You need handful of basil.
8. You need of grated parmesan.
9. You need of olive oil.
10. It's of vegetable oil (for frying).

A lighter alternative to regular meatballs, these turkey meatballs are tender and delicious! This flavourful dish of Italian meatballs has a healthy twist by using courgette ribbons instead of pasta — an easy way to reduce calories. Use a spiralizer or julienne peeler to make spaghetti-like 'noodles', then top with pork meatballs and a. Spaghetti and meatballs or spaghetti with meatballs is an Italian-American dish consisting of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs.

Courgetti and Meatballs instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6..
2. Toast your pine nuts in a frying pan. Don't use any oil and keep them on for 2-3 mins, until golden. Remove them from the pan and set aside for later..
3. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large frying pan, add the meatballs and fry for 10-15 mins until golden brown..
4. Meanwhile, tip the tomatoes into a roasting tin with the whole garlic cloves and the a glug or two of olive oil. Season and roll around the tin until well coated in oil. Roast for 15 mins..
5. While the meatballs and tomatoes cook, use a spiraliser or julienne peeler to noodlify your courgettes..
6. Once the meatballs have cooked, tip them into the roasting tin with the tomatoes. Fish out the garlic from the roasting tin and set aside. If you feel like your tomatoes need a bit longer to roast, you can return the tin (meatballs included) to the oven for as long as needed..
7. Get a fresh frying pan (or wash the old one). Heat another 1 tbsp oil in the pan, squeeze the garlic cloves from their skins into the pan and mash with a fork..
8. Once the pan is sizzling, add the crème fraîche, lemon zest and some seasoning. Add the courgetti and toss in the pan for 30 secs until warmed through. Don't leave it any longer or the courgette will wilt..
9. Remove the pan from the heat, and tip in the meatballs, tomatoes and any juices from the tin. Toss together and scatter with pine nuts, basil and Parmesan..

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